Hat and coat hanger



D. W. OHAVER.

HAT AND COAT HANGER.

APPLICATION men MAY H3. 1.921.

1,403,81 5. Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

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DAVID W. OHAVER, F ROCKVILLE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR- TO HENRY MANSFIELD, OFINDIANAPOLIS, I11 DIANA.

HAT AND COAT HANGER.

Application filed May 18,

T0 (ZZZ 20/20722- it may concern Be it known that I, Davin VJ. ()HAvnn acitizen of the United States, residing at Rockville, in the county ofParke and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in a Hat and Coat Hanger; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple and efiicient hat andcoat hanger adapted to be supported upon the back of a chair or likeobject as for example the chairs or seats used in convention halls,churches, meeting houses and other places designed for the congregationof people desiring convenient means for supporting their out-doorwearing apparel, and moreover to provide a device for this purpose whichcan be attached firmly to the chair back without inf terfering with theoccupation of the chair I and without injury or damage to the surface 7ments by means of upwardly directed loops finish thereof and which willsubstantially support the articles suspended thereon; and with thisobjectin view the invention consists in a construction, combination andrelation of parts of which a preferred embodiment is shown in thedrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a View of a hanger embodying the invention applied in theoperative position to a chair. a

Figure 2 is an edge view of the same.

Figure 3 is a front view.

The device consists essentially of the upper and lower substantiallyparallel bean ing elements 10 and 11 which may be curved slightly toconform to the curvature transversely of the back 12 of a chair ofordinary construction, and a rack connecting said bearing element andconsisting of the substantially parallel upright members 13 of which theupper ends are connected with the extremities of the upper bearing ele-14 forming shoulders suitable for supporting a coat while the lower endsthereof are connected with the extremities ofthe lower bearing bar bymeans of loops 16 serving to space the body portion of the rack from theplane of the bearing bars to permit of the arrangement of the brim of ahat between the plane of the bearing bars and the uprights as indicatedby the dotted lines Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 17, 1922.

1921. Serial No. 470,507.

in Fig. 2, the space between the upper end of the upright being open topermit of the insertion of the hat before the overcoat or other likearticle of wearing apparel is suspendedfroni the shoulders formed by theloops lat.

Near their lower ends as a means of reinforcenient the upri hts areconnected by a transverse bar 17 constituting a rest which is preferablylooped downwardly to form a suitable seat for the crown of the hatarranged in the rack, and the upper bearing element is preferably formedin two separated sections connected by a looped saddle 19 constituting ahook for engagement over the upper edge of the back of the chair tosupport the hanger thereon.

Also as a means of preventing the accidental disengagement of the hangerfrom the chair back, a retainer 20 may be employed consisting of anelastic band or spring 21 provided with terminal hooks 22 for engagementwith the lower bearing element, said elastic band extending across theinner surface of a panel or chair back.

It will be obvious that the hanger may readily be applied to and removedfrom the back of a chair without marring or defacing the latter and whenin place the only portions thereof which appear on the front surface ofthe chair back are the looped portion. of the saddle and the regainerwhile a person occupying a chair in rear of that to which the hanger isapplied may readil arrange his hat and overcoat or li e garment thereonto avoid the inconvenience cf holding the same or having drop to thefloor. V ving thus described the invention, what elements andtransversely connected near their lower ends by a rest bar, which isbers connected at their upper and lower extremities respectively withthe said bearing elements and transversely connected near their lowerends by a rest bar, the lower extremities of the uprights beingconnected with the lower bearing member by means of lateral loops.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DAVID W. OHAVER.

Witnesses: V

JAMES P. VVHITESELL, ORVILLE 'WILLIAMs;

